Two experienced team leaders who have deep roots at Richard Childress Racing have landed jobs after their initial ventures after leaving RCR didn’t pan out.

Todd Berrier, who spent 11 years as a crew chief at RCR, has left his role as crew chief and general manager for JTG Daugherty Racing to replace Pete Rondeau as crew chief for Furniture Row Racing driver Regan Smith.

Former Stewart-Haas Racing competition director Bobby Hutchens, who spent nearly 20 years at RCR and then was at Dale Earnhardt Inc. before going to SHR, will assume the full-time role as JTG Daugherty Racing general manager.

David Hyder — a former Cup and Nationwide crew chief whose stops included Bill Davis Racing, Michael Waltrip Racing, Wood Brothers Racing and Kevin Harvick Inc. — will be the interim crew chief for Bobby Labonte at JTG until a full-time replacement is secured.

All of the changes occurred during somewhat disappointing seasons for both organizations.

Labonte, the 2000 Sprint Cup champion, is 23rd in the Cup standings for JTG, while Smith is 26th at Furniture Row. Labonte has 21 career victories, all with Joe Gibbs Racing from 1995-2003. Smith, 28, won his only Cup race last year for Furniture Row.

Smith’s team seemed poised to improve on his 28th-place finish in the standings last year, which included a win at Darlington. But Smith struggled this year with no top-10 finishes.

Berrier, who guided Kevin Harvick to three Chase for the Sprint Cup appearances at RCR, takes over after spending nine months at JTG Daugherty. Furniture Row has a technical alliance with RCR.

“Todd will be a great fit with our operation,” Furniture Row Racing general manager Joe Garone said in a news release. “The skill sets he has acquired during a successful crew chief career will be valuable assets as we move forward with a high level of energy and anticipation.”

Berrier leaves a JTG Daugherty organization that is still in transition after moving out of the Michael Waltrip Racing shop after last season.

Instead of using MWR-prepared equipment, the team has been preparing and building its cars this year out of its own shop and has been using Triad engines instead of Toyota Racing Development engines.

Berrier was hired to spearhead that transition. Now it falls in the hands of Hutchens, who is used to building a program. He helped coordinate the restructuring of Haas CNC Racing to Stewart-Haas Racing and spent more than two years at SHR before being released in June 2011.

“Bobby Hutchens is someone I have admired for a long time and the individual I’ve turned to many times for direction over my 18 years as a car owner,” JTG Daugherty Racing co-owner Tad Geschickter said in a news release.

“In my opinion, he is the best in the business and we are fortunate to have someone of his caliber step in to help steer our team in the right direction during this important transition.”

Geschickter said he knows who he wants to serve as crew chief for Labonte but the team has not been able to get the deal done so Hyder, who already works in the shop with the K&N Pro Series East team, will take over in an interim role.

“Hyder has been in our race shop all year with the K&N Pro Series East and he knows all the guys and some of them have worked on his cars,” Labonte said. “The fact that he already knows everyone and has experience in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series makes him a great choice to help us in our transition.”